show email contacts not fax contacts

[Guest]

After clicking on the new button to bring up a new email message, clicking on
the To...: button brings up a new window titled: Select Names. This window
shows a list of contacts. Problem is the list shows duplicate names. It's
obvious that the duplicate names are due to the fact that they have fax
numbers.

Here's the question: How do I make this window only show SMTP E-mail type
contacts and not duplicate the contact because they have a fax number?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook considers fax numbers to be valid electronic addresses, since there
are many client- and server-based components that can use such addresses.

One method to hide fax numbers from the address book is to prefix the fax
number with one or more letters (maybe B for business fax, H for home, O for
other). If the fax number begins with a letter, Outlook won't show it in the
address book.

There are a couple of utilities that can help you hide fax numbers from the
address book. See http://www.rsoutlook.com/us/rshifa.htm and
http://www.sperrysoftware.com/Outlook_Solutions.htm (Hide Fax Numbers).

Another way to avoid having fax numbers appear in the address book is
simply not to enter data in the fax fields. Put fax numbers in some other
(non-phone) fields.